. St. Nicholas [serial]. epresentatives of the flounder largest and most important of the floundersis the halibut, which attains a weight of fourhundred pounds, and is much sought by thefishermen of the United States, Canada, GreatBritain, France, Norway, Japan, and othercountries of the north temperate zone. Theflounders are bottom-loving fishes, and pass most of their lives lying on one side, either onor partly buried in sand or mud, at depthsranging from a few feet to several thousandfeet. As the food of flounders must always besought above them, and as their enemies alwayscome f
. St. Nicholas [serial]. epresentatives of the flounder largest and most important of the floundersis the halibut, which attains a weight of fourhundred pounds, and is much sought by thefishermen of the United States, Canada, GreatBritain, France, Norway, Japan, and othercountries of the north temperate zone. Theflounders are bottom-loving fishes, and pass most of their lives lying on one side, either onor partly buried in sand or mud, at depthsranging from a few feet to several thousandfeet. As the food of flounders must always besought above them, and as their enemies alwayscome from above, these fishes would have nouse for an eye on their under side, henceboth eyes are on one side of the head. Theunder surface of the body, being out of sight,has no marked color, while the upper surface isrichly pigmented, the shade and pattern of col-oration corresponding with the nature of thebottom on which the fishes may rest. The expression as flat as a flounder hasbecome proverbial, but it does not apply to. THREE STAGES IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG LEFT-SIDED FLOUNDER. In the bottom figure the right eye is seen coming around the frontof the head to take its place beside the left eye. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. JJ3 other eye. In some flounders the eyemoves around the front of the head; inothers it moves directly through the shifting of the eyes position is ac-companied by a change in the positionof the body, which ceases to be uprightand becomes more and more side of the body from which the eyeis moving gradually becomes inferior tothe other, until by the time the changeof the eye is complete the fish swimswith its blind side underneath, and thisposition is ever after maintained. Theflounder then ceases its free-swimminghabit and sinks to the bottom. Some species of flounders are right-sided and others are left-sided. In the THE YOUNG OF THE WINDOW-PANE FLOUNDER. ™. , , .. , t l i. ? i. u u right-sided forms, the left eye moves to 1ms is
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